As a Cisco network engineer, I am constantly searching Cisco.com for Configuration info or checking out the latest equipment features. I don’t mind going to the website, but sometimes it is easier to search directly from my browser.

I tried searching, but it doesn’t look like anyone has done this yet. Being a resourceful lad, I decided to figure it out myself. Here are the directions for adding Cisco.com Search to Firefox.

Copy the following code into notepad.

<OpenSearchDescription>
<ShortName>Cisco</ShortName>
<Description>Cisco</Description>
<InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>
<Url type=”text/html”
template=”http://tools.cisco.com/searchplugin/PluginRedirection?
id=cdc_search&terms={searchTerms}”/>
<Image height=”16″ width=”16″ type=”image/x-
icon”>http://www.cisco.com/favicon.ico</Image>
</OpenSearchDescription>

Save it to the following location as cisco_search.xml. Be sure to put quotes around the filename so it is not saved as a text file.

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins

Restart Firefox.
Go to the search box and drop down the menu.
Click Add Cisco.com.
Now select Cisco as your Search Provider.

You can now search Cisco.com directly from your browser.

If you use Internet Explorer, you should be able use this same file. You will have to figure out the location to save the file.